geographer

noun

ge·​og·​ra·​pher jē-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce geographer (audio)
: a specialist in geography

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Mark Monmonier, a Syracuse University professor of geography, said the Mercator projection is obsolete and geographers have long advised people to not use it as a world map. Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025 During the program, Norm Moline, a historical geographer with experience in historic preservation, will recount the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and its designation in 1984 as the nation’s first National Heritage Area. Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 In the book, five strangers – a white American geographer, a South Sudanese translator, a northern Sudanese cook, a Sudanese-American filmmaker, and a local boy – find themselves at an NGO compound in the fictional town of Saraaya, on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2025 Thabet Abu Rass, a political geographer at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, told me that Palestinians have rushed to fill the resulting openings in medicine. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for geographer

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of geographer was in 1542

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“Geographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geographer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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